HONG KONG, Dec. 5, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — InterContinental Grand Stanford Hong Kong has won the attention of the world elites at the World Travel Awards (WTA) Grand Final Gala Ceremony 2016 held in Maldives, garnering the biggest recognition as World’s Leading Luxury Business Hotel.

InterContinental Grand Stanford Hong Kong has also taken home Hong Kong’s Leading Business Hotel for the third consecutive years and triumphed with Asia’s Leading Business Hotel accolade for the first time.

Mr. Alexander O. Wassermann, General Manager of InterContinental Grand Stanford Hong Kong, said: “We are grateful that our World Travel Awards collection now boasts five golden statues. To have won three significant awards at this year’s WTA is a testament to our commitment in providing guests with memorable and exceptional experiences, and enlivening our brand’s core purpose to create a ‘Great Hotel Guests Love’ which keeps guests returning time after time.”

“On behalf of the entire team, I wish to thank our business partners, guests and travel professionals from around the globe who voted for us. We are elated to have given the prestigious title of World’s Leading Luxury Business Hotel, being recognised as the exemplar of the best luxury business hotel worldwide. The award is a great affirmation of our efforts to consistently deliver authentic hospitality. We will continue to strive for excellence in serving our guests and escalate the service standard to the next level,” Wassermann added.

The WTA was launched in 1993 to acknowledge excellence in the travel and tourism industry and is now in its 23rd year. Heralded as the “travel industry’s equivalent to the Oscar’s”, the awards are decided based on votes by the public and travel professionals worldwide.

About InterContinental Grand Stanford Hong Kong

Nestled in the heart of the shopping, business and entertainment district of Tsimshatsui East, InterContinental Grand Stanford Hong Kong provides easy accessibility within the city and entry into China. Boasting 570 guestrooms that offer spectacular city or stunning Victoria Harbour views, the hotel provides four world-class dining venues, from famed Cantonese cuisine at Hoi King Heen, passionately Italian cuisine at Mistral, to contemporary international buffet at Cafe on M and Tiffany’s New York Bar with one of the largest whisky capacity in town. It also equips with an outdoor heated pool, 24-hour fitness centre and state-of-the-art meeting facilities.